Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater M22's to M60's?

A lot of us have tried to explain the different sound between small and large Axioms (or any other pair of speakers from the same line) with very little success. The sound is "bigger and more open" but that's as far as we get.

The main thing, I think, is that the larger speakers (with more/bigger drivers) can play at higher SPLs before they start to compress the sound levels. This is pretty apparent with M2s -- if you turn up the volume to "louder than you should be playing M2s" you don't get obvious distortion, but the sound seems to stop getting louder as you keep turning up the volume. The M60s just keep getting louder, at least at any volume I care to play them at.

If you have a good sub, a reasonable sized room, sit reasonably close to the speakers (say <10 feet) and don't play real loud then IMO you won't see a lot of difference between 22s and 60s. To the extent that any of the above are not true, you would benefit more from 60s over 22s.

Disclaimer -- I have not heard M22s but I own M2s and M60s.